Resume

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A. in Journalism with a focus in Public Relations
Concentration in Sociology
Spring 2004

Charlotte 49ers Media Relations- Charlotte, NC
Summer Internship 2003
-Designed and edited media guides.
-Prepared press releases for pubication and team Web site.
-Wrote feature stories for local and national media to generate publicity for athletes and teams.
-Formulated team biographies for every UNCC sport media guide.
-Recorded player and team statistics.

Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center-
Chapel Hill, NC
Service learning intenship
-Prepared a detailed slide presentation to appeal to new customers and revive interest in existing publics.
-Prepared public service announcements.
-Designed flyers.
-Created fact sheets.
-Helped with the annual fund raising event, The Chocolate Affair.

The Friday Center's Conferences and Institutes-
Chapel Hill, NC
Course-affiliated group project
-Researched clients strengths, weaknesses, oppurtunities, threats and competitors.
-Reasearched and established target publics' needs, awareness and behavior.
-Established specific communication tactics and strategies to reach desired publics.
-Created a detailed public relations plan, including objectives, goals and key messages to gain and maintain target publics.
-Designed a professional power point presentation for the client.

Northstone Country Club- Huntersville, NC
Golf course attendant
-Maintained the beverage cart on the golf course; was soley responsible for inventory, upkeep and sales.
-Excelled at strong fact-to-face communication with members and guests.

Proficient in Adobe PageMaker 6.5, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel. Also familiar with Daktronics Scoreboard Program, Macromedia Dreamweaver, HTML language and Adobe Photoshop.

Member of the Public Relations Student Society of America: 2002-present
Member of Carolina Fever: 2000-present
-organization designed to promote student involvement in all sporting events
Participant in teh UNC Dance Marathon: 2000, 2003
-24 hour event to raise money for the UNC Children's Hospital

Thomas E. Whitestone
Assitant Athletic Director for Media Relations
Charlotte 49ers
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223
Work phone: (704) 687-6310

Judy Rose
Director of Athletics, Head of Athletic Directors
Charlotte 49ers
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223
Work phone: (704) 687-4937

Mindy Gellin
Program Coordinator
Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center
111 Cloister Ct.
Chapel HIll, NC 27514
Work phone: (919) 401-9333